NOUN | animal | tarpon, Tarpon atlanticus | large silvery game fish of warm Atlantic coastal waters especially off Florida |
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Sounds | taa'rpahn | |
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Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... |
Meaning | large silvery game fish of warm Atlantic coastal waters especially off Florida. | |
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Synonym | Tarpon atlanticus | |
Member of | genus Tarpon | tarpons |
Narrower | ladyfish, tenpounder, Elops saurus | game fish resembling the tarpon but smaller |
Broader | soft-finned fish, malacopterygian | Any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii |
Spanish | megalopidae, tarpón | |
Catalan | tarpó |
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